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2_MANY_BEERS You need roof jobs Chilly. Move to USA. LOL Duke will bunk you. LOL Joking aside I bet there would be lots of work in nice vacation areas with a work visa.

I still think it's just gonna be a wet fart, just a little messy. About all it's good for is exposure for the talking heads weather media.

Once again, where the Hurricane Parties are held, at least according to Mary:

I suspect that for most of us this will turn out to be a wet fart at best. About the only place where I think genuine concern is warranted are the coastal communities. Loss of electricity is only a minor inconvenience for most of us. If your electricity stays on sit in front of the TV and watch the weather people make news to enhance their own importance. Too often the weather people become fear mongers.

Does my heart good to see all the rescue dogs, a favored type of charity I support. One of my two is a rescue and going forward I would think any additions will be rescue.

Perhaps change your name to something other than "Lucky".

Hell, just adhere to the No Whining policy and game on.

When I lost my wife I simply do not know what I would have done were it not for my dogs. Here they are hassling one of the racoons that damaged my Pocono house.

I think the earthquake will pale in comparison to Hurricane Irene regardless of whose fault she is.

2_MANY_BEERS Took out Bellicourt per alot of people last night. I felt like I was getting attacked. LOL Welcome to the Admin world.

The Twist and Shout, the place for Hurricane Parties.

Just felt the tremors from an earthquake at my house. Epicenter was VA. http://www.myfoxphilly.com/dpp/news/local_news/earthquake-hits-philadelphia-region Just a little shaking was noticed while sitting here at my PC desk and talking to my boss. If I had not been sitting here I might not have even noticed it.

When I was stationed in Toul France back in 1964 there was a canal near the base. Some of the canal boats were absolute works of art with polished wood that looked almost like mahogany. Looked so nice they looked like pleasure craft. Also seemed like whole families traveled on the boats.

Here ya go Beers, music for the hurricane parties in New Orleans:

Personally I do not like the small maps. I would rather have room to roam. Small maps are fine for "ranking up" or speeding up gaining accessories for a particular gun, example: grip for Shotty. Other than that I think they are just too hectic with a lot of people in game. Besides a larger map is good for my health, gives an old man like me exercise running around.

I did not see it posted before so my bad if it's a duplicate waste of space. As for referring to him as A RINO, Republican in Name Only, that would mean little to me. I have never voted a straight party ticket. For me each politician is an individual and I pay little, if any, attention to party affiliation. I try to vote for the person, not the party.

There is a lake in western PA, Conneaught Lake (SP?), where once a year they hold a contest for who can catch the most carp in pounds. There is an area right by the road where people feed the carp and even a automated food dispenser so you can put money in and get food to feed them. I kid you not, the carp are so thick the ducks are walking on their backs.

Sweatnbullets try the humane society for donations. . Seriously, Humane Society is so awesome.... I donate to 3 different No Kill shelters and yes PETA does get a donation. I do not like animal experimentation for things like make up or crash dummies. I do not like fur or baby seal killers. So while there are things I do not like about PETA there are also things of which I approve. Enough for me to donate. Even with Humane Societies you best be very selective, some are not as humane as you might think. For example the SPCA is not on my list. Probably no charitable organization is without fault, much like politicians, in the case of PETA I do find them to be radical. Much of which I do not condone. However, as in everything else you always need to do or ask for more than you expect to get. When you finally choose your Presidential candidate I doubt you will like everything about them. However I would still hope you go out and vote. Maybe that is how I look at PETA. And don't forget they are only one of a few charities I choose to support. While I am on my charity rant let me explain the choices my wife and I have made. For a long time we donated generously to the parish Catholic Church and Catholic Charities. (BTW I am not Catholic) With the disclosure about the priests and the church leaders protecting the deviates it was too much for my wife to bear. She would NOT support an organization that protects pedophiles and disrespects the victims. We moved all of our donations to other US based charities with the focus on children and animal welfare. Since my wife has passed I will continue to honor her memory by continuing these donations. As for PETA sure they can be radical, and unfortunately that is what makes the news. Don't completely discount the good they also do. PS..........I do eat meat, lots of it.

One of my charity recipients is entering into a new web site endeavor. I assure you I will be visiting. Have to give them credit for original thinking. Understand I do not support all of what PETA stands for, just most of it.......... at least enough to donate. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/19/peta-porn-site_n_931509.html?ncid=wsc-huffpost-cards-headline

From an e-mail I received, can't vouch for accuracy: Who Is Rick Perry? He is a fifth generation Texan, the son of hardscrabble west Texas tenant farmers – Democrats but conservatives through and through. He grew up in a farm town too small to be on the state map. Life was so hard that he was six years old before his house had indoor plumbing. His mother sewed his clothes, including the underwear he wore to college. He is an Eagle Scout. After Paint Creek High School , he attended Texas A&M, graduated, and was commissioned into the Air Force where he became a C-130 pilot. Now 61 years old, he has won nine elections to four different offices in Texas state government. In the first three elections he ran as a Democrat then switched to the Republican Party. He is currently the 47th governor of Texas – a position he has held for 11 years, the longest tenure of any governor in the nation. He has never lost an election. Rick Perry was the Lieutenant Governor to whom Governor George Bush handed over the office after winning the 2000 Presidential election. Since then, Perry won gubernatorial elections in 2002, 2004, and 2010, the last time by 55% against a field consisting of a Democrat, a Libertarian, a Green Party, and an Independent. Since he became its Governor, Texas – a right to work state that taxes neither personal income nor capital gains – has added more jobs than the other 49 states combined. In the last two years, low taxes and little regulation led his state to create 47% of all jobs created in the entire nation. Five of the top ten cities with the highest job growth in the nation are in Texas . People follow jobs, so in the last four years for which data are available, Texas led every state in net interstate migration growth. Perry signed ground-breaking “loser pays” tort reform and medical litigation rules that caused malpractice insurance rates to fall. Some 20,000 doctors have since moved to Texas . Texas boasts 58 of the Fortune 500 companies – more than any other state. Since May 2011 Texas resumed its pre-recession employment levels. Only two other states and the District of Columbia have done that. Texas ships 16% of the nation’s export value. California trails at 11%. Of the 70 companies that have fled California so far in 2011, 14 relocated in Texas . In this year’s Texas legislative season, Perry got most of what he wanted. With no new taxes, a fiscally lean state budget was passed leaving $6 billion in a rainy day fund even as other states around the country struggled to balance budgets and avoid more deficit borrowing. A voter ID bill passed that was designed to prevent ballot box fraud and illegal voting. A bill passed that makes plaintiffs pay court costs and attorney fees if their suits are deemed frivolous. Perry scored points even in his legislative failures. He failed to get sanctuary cities banned – Texas towns in which police cannot question detainees about their immigration status. The blame fell on the legislature. Perry also failed to get a so-called “anti-groping” bill passed that would put Transportation Security Administration agents in prison if they touch the genitals, anus, or breasts of passengers in a pat down. Federal officials threatened to halt all flights out of Texas airports and the bill died in special session. That endeared Texans even more to TSA employees living in Texas . Perry jogs daily in the morning. He has no bodyguard with him, but his daughter’s dog runs by his side and he carries a laser-guided automatic pistol in his belt. Last year while jogging in an undeveloped area, a coyote paralleled his jogging route, eyeing his dog. He drew his pistol and killed the animal with one shot, leaving it where it fell. “He became mulch," Perry said. Animal rights groups protested, but Perry shrugged it off. “Don’t come after my dog,” he warned them. Recently, Obama asked Perry to delay the July 7 execution of Humberto Leal in order to comply with the International Court of Justice in The Hague and the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations. Perry refused. Therefore Obama asked the US Supreme Court to delay the execution because it would damage US foreign relations. The Court refused 5-4 and Perry ordered the execution to go forward as scheduled. Over the howls of diplomats, politicians, and the UN, Leal was administered a lethal injection at 6:20 p.m. Before he died, he admitted his guilt and asked for forgiveness. The case has special implications for Perry, who is running for the presidency in 2012. Even his critics resent federal interference in a Texas execution, which is related to a state, not a federal, crime – an alcohol and drug-fueled rape and murder 17 years ago by an illegal whose family brought him into the country 35 years ago as a child. The interference hinges not on the man’s guilt, which Leal’s advocates acknowledged, but on a technicality – failure to inform Leal that he could have gotten legal representation from the Mexican consulate in lieu of the court-appointed attorneys who represented him. Independent Texans saw Obama’s interference as another intrusion of federal power into the affairs of a state, which could cost Obama support in other states. Needless to say, Perry is a hard-edged conservative and a ferocious defender of 10th Amendments rights (“The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.”) – an explicit restriction of the federal government to only those powers granted in the Constitution. Perry accuses the federal government, especially the Obama administration, of illegal overreach. Perry said “no thanks” to the feds whose stimulus offered taxpayer dollars for education and unemployment assistance. The strings on “free money” from Washington , he said, would restrict Texas in managing its own affairs. Perry even depleted all state funds to fight recent wildfires before asking Washington for disaster relief. His request has been ignored, which comes across as an unvarnished federal power play, further pitting Perry and Texans against the federal government.

Shortly after I took a supervisors job for the Budd Company I fired 3 of my former union brothers in one day. Being on the heavy side, 270 Lbs, one of my guys took to calling me Shamu the Killer Whale. It kinda stuck and I use it today in business and e-mail address. BTW, the firings stuck, a rare thing in the UAW environment. Long story but the union sort of supported my actions because the guys fired were screwing their coworkers. The union had to defend them but they did not work to hard at it.

Sent this to my boss who is in China about to go out for dinner: This is actually the original version, others available.

More detail I did not mention. The Hurricane comes from a boat dealer near but not on the lake, basically just sells boat. Getting a slip for the boat is about a two year wait list. I would need a trailer for moving the boat around until I got a slip. The Regal comes from a marina on the lake in a favorable location for me. If I buy from them I am guaranteed a slip for next season and however long I wish to rent it. Also if I just keep it on the lake I will not need a trailer, they will put it in and out for a small fee and also winter store the boat. Trailers are available for rent if you do wish to take the boat elsewhere for a vacation or something. They will load the boat on the trailer for you and put it back in when you return. So the Regal more convenient, no trailer cost. The Hurricane, needs a trailer, no slip fee ($1200.00 season), launch boat yourself each time for use. To me convenience is worth a lot. I do not think trailering would be a fun thing if I am by myself. Edge to Regal.

Been awhile since I posted and my sentiments are changing but becoming more focused. I am now looking to spend more and buy new just because I want to. Nice to have something not finger f***** by a previous owner. I am also probably going I/O since my boat will be strictly fresh water. In salt water there are advantages to OB. This is my leading candidate and target acquisition will be for April 2012. http://www.regalboats.com/1900 Stock engine is 190 HP but I will order a 220 HP Volvo. The other option of significant cost will be a wake board tower. A close second is: http://www.hurricaneboats.com/boats.cfm?model=sd187io I have certainly learned MSRP carries little weight in this market.

Hey, just my two cents, I for one appreciate the effort put into the servers by people like Beers. Too often adminining is a thankless job and the only and the only time an admin hears anything is when it's a complaint. I just may have to get that damn Paypal CC.